(A/N: and now for a turn in our story!!! Thanks for reviews by the way! This chapter focusses on Fiyero and his situation, and so starts our second plot, technically the sequel, had I not been too lazy to just make a new story. So, here's ya gos!)
Fiyero groaned as he opened his eyes. He blinked as his eyes adjusted to the harsh light. He was still in the library. He tried to move his hand to shield his eyes, and realized he was tied to a chair. Frex came into view, giving orders to a few men.
"Search the castle for Elphaba, bring her to me when you find her." said Frex. The men nodded and went off into the castle. Fiyero to his left and saw his parents bound to chairs too. Twenty minutes later, the men came back into the room.
"She's not here." they said.
"What?" asked Frex, "Of course she is!"
"We searched everywhere," said the men, "She's not here."
"D'you check the dungeons?" asked Frex.
"She's not here." the men repeated. Frex turned in one swift motion to Fiyero.
"Where is she boy?" asked Fiyero.
"Not here." said Fiyero, smirking at Fiyero enraged expression. Fiyero felt relief flood through him, glad he'd convinced Elphaba to go with James.
"Well," Frex began in a menacingly low voice, "Where...is...she?" he asked slowly.
"Beats me." Fiyero shrugged his shoulders.
"Don't lie." Frex growled, looking Fiyero in the eye.
"Sir, you might want to see this." said one of the men, handing a newspaper to Frex. Frex snatched it and his eyes grew wide. It was an article about the new princess of Oz. There was a picture of James and Elphaba on the front page. James had his arm around Elphaba's shoulders. He was smiling brightly, while Elphaba offered a small shy smile. The article went on to talk about who Elphaba was and how things came about and how happy James was etc.
"Who does he think he is?!" Frex yelled.
"She doesn't belong to you." Fiyero smirked, "You're not even her father. Who do you think you are?" Frex motioned to one of the men, and they hit Fiyero. Fiyero heard his mother scream. Fiyero felt the side of his face begin to swell.
"Ouch." Fiyero said sarcastically, even though it actually did hurt. Frex glared at Fiyero.
"What do you want Frex?" asked Harold.
"What do I want?" asked Frex, "I want my life back, I want power again. And do you know how I'm going to get that? You're going to do it for me."
"I won't." Harold said.
"What if I put lovely Lisa's life on the line?" asked Frex. A man put a knife to Lisa's throat. Fiyero felt his blood boil, but he was powerless to do anything.
"Get away from her!" Harold shouted, straining in the ropes.
"Haha, I'll get what I want, you'll see." said Frex. Suddenly, it was completely dark. There were shouts of surprise. Fiyero felt someone undoing his binds.
"Follow me, I'm on your side." said a voice. Fiyero trusted it and followed the dark shadow once his binds were undone. They went down to the dungeons. They weaved through the maze until they reached the very back of the dungeons. The man ran his hand across the wall until he found a jag in the wall. He pushed on it and it swung open to admit a dark narrow hallway. The man went in and Fiyero followed, the door shutting behind them. Soon enough, Fiyero found himself in front of a dark underground river. The water was black and murky. They walked along the side. A hill began to form as they walked and Fiyero soon found himself in a large room filled with about ten or fifteen people. They were all talking, but stopped when Fiyero walked in.
"A helped him escape." said the man who'd led Fiyero there.
"Fiyero Tiggular?" asked a different man across the room. Fiyero nodded. Just then, two more men came running in, panting and out of breath.
"We couldn't get the King and Queen, they got the lights back on and we had to run for it." said one of the men.
"Damn!" said a man, "This puts Frex at total advantage."
"What's going on?" asked Fiyero.
"My name is Aidan, I'm head of this secret organization. We're trying to stop Frex, and protect the princess and wizard too." said the man, "And we have to work secretly to stop Frex."
"Why don't you just go to the Wizard?" asked Fiyero, "His Gale Force has got to be ten times bigger than whoever Frex's got."
"You care about the princess and your mother don't you?" asked Aidan. It took Fiyero a moment to realize the princess was Elphaba.
"Of course!" Fiyero said.
"The moment anyone finds out, Frex will kill Lisa," said Aidan.
"Well the Wizard can sneak up on him or something, he doesn't have to make a big production of it." said Fiyero.
"Frex has already got spies in the Emerald Palace. Boys, servants, men disguised as Gale Forcers. We don't know how many or who. He's also installed the Morrible woman." said Aidan, "The moment the Wizard is told, someone in the palace will have known and they'll tell Frex and he won't hesitate to slit Lisa's throat first to show that he'll actually kill someone. Then he'll threaten Harold's life to get Elphaba. He's got it all planned out. He's already anticipated our moves."
"Well, if he's got men in the palace, why doesn't he just tell them to kidnap Elphaba and bring her to him?" asked Fiyero.
"We think he wants to keep her in the palace, because we think he's gathering a force to go against the Wizard. He'll attack the Emerald Palace, and he won't want the princess to be able to get out. So he'll have men there that will keep her in the palace." said Aidan.
"Well, what are we going to do?" asked Fiyero.
"Well, we're going to need a few people to go to the palace undercover, disguised as servants or guards. We'll be sending you, David, Nick and Jack in. Jack and Craig are too old to pose as servants, so they'll go undercover in the Gale force. You and David will go in as servants or stable boys." said Aidan. Fiyero nodded, glancing at the other men Aidan had motioned towards.
"We'll work to figure out who's working for Frex, we'll send you the information, and you'll bring that person to us. Don't kill them, just bring them to our headquarters in the Emerald City." said Aidan.
"Where're the headquarters?" asked Fiyero.
"David will show you when the time comes." said Aidan. He turned back to the crowd, "We leave in ten minutes, get anything you have together." the small crowd of people began to talk amongst themselves and grab satchels, stuffing items in them. Aidan pulled Fiyero over to a corner, a spoke in a lowered voice.
"Fiyero, I know you're in a relationship with the princess, and you two love each other, but you mustn't ever tell her who you are." said Aidan.
"I understand." said Fiyero, "Anything to keep her safe."